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Political Fix

May's travails and the end of the Anglo-Chinese golden era

Political Fix

Financial Times

News, Politics, News & Politics

4.21.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The prime minister went to China this week on a mission to make the case for "Global Britain". At home the colleagues Theresa May left behind argued about Brexit, appeared to undermine the civil service and trashed their own economic forecasts. With the FT's Geoff Dyer, Laura Hughes, James Kynge and Jim Pickard. Presented by Jonathan Derbyshire. Produced by Janina Conboye.

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0:44.8

and in this week's episode we'll be looking at Brexit related tensions in the Conservative

0:49.0

Party, the travails of Theresa May and the Prime Minister's visit to China.

0:53.4

I'm delighted to be joined by our chief political correspondent Jim and Picard, political

0:57.4

correspondent Laura Hughes, Emerging Markets Editor James King, an Analysis editor and former Beijing Bureau Chief Jeff Dyer. editor, to receive it on your phone, tablet or computer every Saturday morning.

1:14.1

The saying goes that when the cats away the mice will play and the Tory mice have certainly

1:18.8

been playing in Theresa May's absence in China.

1:21.4

The week began with Mrs May being urged to sack Chancellor

1:24.3

Philip Hammond for a modest Brexit in remarks he made at the World Economic

1:29.2

Forum in Davos. Then there was the leak of a government analysis showing that the country would be worse off

1:34.1

under all economic scenarios after Brexit.

1:36.5

Meanwhile the chatter grows about a possible challenge to Mrs May's leadership of the Conservative

1:41.4

Party. If that wasn't enough, James Cleverly, the

1:44.5

Tori's deputy chairman, opined in an interview that Nick Timothy, the Prime Minister's

1:48.8

Laquacious former Chief of Staff, should, and I'm modifying his word slightly, shut up.

1:55.2

Laura, it's been quite a week.

1:57.4

Mrs May told journalists on the plane to China that she is not a quitter.

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